I've been meaning to try out Immersive Engineering for a while now – it's one of the major mods that I've NEVER played, but it seems like my kind of thing.
* It's pretty * I can build above ground without walls or excessive lighting (no mobs except Mooshrooms and villagers can spawn here, so it's safe) * There are mooshrooms, which I can milk for mushroom soup, so I have basically infinite soup
Modded Minecraft [Automaton]
Why I'm putting my base on a mushroom island:
* It's pretty
* I can build above ground without walls or excessive lighting (no mobs except Mooshrooms and villagers can spawn here, so it's safe)
* There are mooshrooms, which I can milk for mushroom soup, so I have basically infinite soup